Grif.Net

The maharajah of an Indian Province issued a royal decree. He ordered that no one was to kill any wild animals while he was the country’s leader. The decree was honored until there were so many Bengal Tigers running loose that the people revolted and threw the maharajah from power.…

A noted biologist, who had been studying little green frogs in a swamp, was stumped. The frog population, despite efforts at predator control, was declining at an alarming rate. A chemist at a nearby college came up with a solution: The frogs, due to a chemical change in the swamp…

A noted biologist, who had been studying little green frogs in a swamp, was stumped. The frog population, despite efforts at predator control, was declining at an alarming rate. A chemist at a nearby college came up with a solution: The frogs, due to a chemical change in the swamp…

A famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name missing from the town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the local civic official who apologized profusely saying, “I must have taken Leif off my census.” ~~  Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This…

An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine man. After a brief examination, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip of elk rawhide and gave it to the chief, telling him to bite off, chew, and swallow one inch of the leather every day.…

King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan. Croesus said, “I’ll give…

Isn’t it strange . . . how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping? Isn’t it strange . . . how 2 hours seem so long when you’re at church, but how…

[Final installment of Tax “Humor”. Hey, we TRIED to make the week better.] What can we, as citizens, do to reform our tax system? As you know, under our three-branch system of government, the tax laws are created by Satan. But he works through the Congress, so that’s where we…

[More “rather laugh than cry” jokes on taxes] A university committee was selecting a new dean. They had narrowed the candidates down to a mathematician, an economist and a tax lawyer. Each was asked this question during their interview: “How much is two plus two?” The mathematician answered immediately, “Four.”…

[I will be up late tonight working on my 1040. And I will not be alone in America.] “Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases ‘revenue enhancement’. Not so. No one was fooled.” (Dan Quayle V.P. 1989-1993) ~~ The government deficit is the difference…

[I will be up late tonight working on my 1040. And I will not be alone in America.] “Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases ‘revenue enhancement’. Not so. No one was fooled.” (Dan Quayle V.P. 1989-1993) ~~ The government deficit is the difference…

[More in this week’s collection of odd thoughts about taxes] Do you realize that some tax forms ask you to check a box if you are BLIND? ~~ The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes. ~~ Under the Freedom of Information Act, a man with a small…

[Each day this week we will try to lighten the load as you cry to do your taxes. Er, TRY to do your taxes.] We’ll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. ~~ Avoid strong drink.…